“I think this was a very extreme version of things that I’ve experienced or seen, thankfully,” she continues. Is she joking? Sometimes it’s hard to tell with Plaza, who comes as dry as her characters. Has Plaza ever been on sets where she’s witnessed any bad or inappropriate behaviour? “I’ve been on a lot of sets. In a week when The Hollywood Reporter has called out mega-producer Scott Rudin for his alleged abusive behaviour to staff, it feels like an apt reminder that moviemaking can lead to insane ego-maniacal power trips. But it worked for this.”Īside from its narrative tricks, the film also digs into the destructive nature of creativity. I don’t know if I could handle going through that again, ever. And I think in some ways that chaotic energy helped the movie.
I think the circumstances of the actual production were bleeding into the film itself. “There were moments where I truly forgot who was an actor and who was not,” she says. Adding to the confusion, real crew members mingle with actors on screen.
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“There’s a dream-like logic happening,” says Plaza, who revels in the wildly different interpretations this meta movie has inspired among viewers. It’s the sort of dreamy, bravura flip-around that you might expect from David Lynch in his prime. Aubrey Plaza in Black Bear (Photo: Vertigo) The action then switches and Allison is reborn as an out-of-control actress in the middle of a chaotic shoot Abbott’s character is now her manipulative director and Gadon is her co-star. Plaza’s character Allison is a former actress and film director who rents a room in the Adirondack Mountains, in north-eastern New York state, from a couple (Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon) who are expecting their first child soon enough, drinks are flowing and inappropriate – and then violent – behaviour unfolds. Written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine, it’s a real headscratcher of a movie. “That was a real eye opener, just how impactful I could be on a film, if I’m a producer from the beginning to the end,” she says. Her credits as a producer include the sublime Ingrid Goes West, in which she plays a woman who stalks an Instagram influencer. For the past five years, she has been producing American independent movies – a world she knows intimately from starring in films such as Colin Trevorrow’s $750,000 (£540,000) debut Safety Not Guaranteed and Hal Hartley’s Ned Rifle. These days, Plaza, 36, could probably mount the production herself. That’s all up to Leslie…”īlack Bear, review: Aubrey Plaza is delicious in trippy love triangle And I think a lot of people really needed that at that time.” Can she foresee a future reunion? “Maybe there’s a movie in the works,” she teases. “There’s a such a hopeful, positive spirit that comes from that show. It was very Leslie Knope!” says Plaza, referring to April’s overachieving boss played by Amy Poehler. It felt like we were a superhero club of small-town people being called to help the country.
The show ended in 2015 after seven seasons, but last year the cast reunited on Zoom for a one-off special during the pandemic. Plaza has been a household name for over a decade now, since first appearing as the inscrutable April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation – the Golden Globe-winning sitcom set in a parks department office that also launched Chris Pratt’s blockbuster career. “A little view for you.” She settles down, wrapped up in a cream cardigan, then realises the connection may be off. “I’m going outside,” she says, sliding her living room’s glass door back and carrying the laptop to her deck to reveal fabulous blue California skies.
A locksmith has just arrived to fit some new locks and he’s talking loudly off-camera. There’s a lot going on in Aubrey Plaza’s house today.
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